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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2022
Fort Myers retirement benefits firm closes California acquisition

Foster & Foster Consulting Actuaries has made several other acquisitions.

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  • April 23, 2004
Newmakers (Sara/Mana edition)

The latest activities of local movers and shakers is provided free of charge.

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  • January 16, 2013
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of nationwide expansion

Troy Roberts deservedly celebrated a major accomplishment in spring 2012, when Publix liquor stores statewide agreed to stock rum from his locally based distillery.

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  • July 12, 2021
Manufacturer signs deal with local star athlete

Company acts quickly on NCAA's noted rule change.

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  • July 29, 2021
Duke Realty signs major lease at TRIP

Build-to-suit deal with e-commerce company caps three-building logistics development in Gibsonton for Duke Realty Corp.

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  • January 12, 2021
Food company names former ice cream exec CFO

Richard Tang has more than 25 years of experience in senior leadership roles.

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  • March 31, 2020
Area companies seek to hire laid off, furloughed people

Advocate Health Advisors and Vi at Bentley Village in Naples are both looking to boost payrolls.

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  • June 28, 2020
Lodge lowdown: Florida hotels take a beating

It could be 2022 before hotels return to their 2019 occupancy and revenue levels.

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  • August 9, 2019
Strategic Property Partners hires Colliers International for Water Street retail leasing

Strategic Property Partners has hired brokerage firm Colliers International Tampa Bay to oversee retail leasing for Water Street Tampa, a planned $3 billion mix of residences, offices, retail space and hotel rooms

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  • October 6, 2017
Take that, hurricanes

Developer building a strategy to battle storms.

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  • August 29, 2014
Light shines on 'amazing' product

Manatee County entrepreneur Ruth Brown jokes that she's “an instant overnight success that took six years.”

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  • June 5, 2015
High-tech expansion is afoot

The first time Bill Robinson helped build a sporting goods chain, a Bradenton company that later became Champs Sports, technology was an afterthought.

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  • January 23, 2015
First Watch serves up substantial move

East Manatee County-based breakfast-brunch-lunch chain First Watch was in business more than 20 years before it opened its first franchise location.

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  • August 28, 2024
Orioles plan high-tech expansion of Sarasota spring training site

A proposed clubhouse addition would bring high-tech batting cages, player facilities and additional parking.

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  • December 20, 2023
Food service firm looks to net $7M in variety of property, business deals

Innovative Food Holdings, which caters to professional and home chefs, has made progress on five deals expected to net the company at least $7 million.

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  • February 14, 2024
Tampa marketing company merges with Orlando video production firm

Roger West Creative and Code, a Tampa-based marketing agency, has merged with Digital Brew, an Orlando-based Emmy award-winning video production firm.

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  • July 22, 2025
Fort Myers Beach property listed for $35 million

Marketing for the Royal Beach Club property is aimed at developers looking to build a luxury project.

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  • October 11, 2024
Pounded twice but Lee waterfront restaurant ‘ain’t giving up’

The Mucky Duck promises to come back.

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  • December 15, 2025
Pinellas artwork manufacturer completes $13.5M facility expansion

Wendover Art Group expanded its Largo facility to nearly 200,000 square feet with help from Pinellas County's Employment Sites Program.

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